Explore the Planets Version 2.1

Explore the Planets Version 2.1

Explore the Planets Version 2.1 helps students investigate the planets and their satellites and understand the processes that shape them: volcanism, impact cratering, tectonics, landslides, flowing water, and wind. They will study the planets the way planetary scientists do, by comparing, for example, why some volcanoes on Mars are so much larger than their counterparts on Earth. They'll discover why impact craters are so widespread and much more.

This updated CD-ROM is fully narrated and contains new data and images from recent discoveries and missions into space. The program aids learning with scored review questions, a visual index, an illustrated glossary, colorful animations, video clips, and an updated planet database. Students can even pilot a spaceship through the solar system and test their knowledge of planetary bodies. Grades 5 through 12.

Written by G. Jeffrey Taylor, Ph.D.,
Planetary Geosciences Division, University of Hawai'i
Illustrated by Dennis Tasa.